Tonight’s two-parter centers on the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) as he hides from the evil alien Family of Blood in 1913 England as John Smith, a very human schoolteacher who has no idea he’s really a dapper, TARDIS-piloting Time Lord. His companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) sure knows, but she also has to lie low in the early 20th century until it’s safe to reveal the truth. But does John Smith really want to know his true identity, especially when he’s found true love?

British writer Paul Cornell penned this stellar twofer, which knots race, bravery and heartbreak into time’s tangled web. It also shows just why the Doctor is not a Time Lord to be trifled with, especially when he sacrifices his heart. (Or one of them, at any rate.) Cornell is currently writing the very good Vertigo comic “Saucer Country,” which centers on a Mexican-American presidential candidate who’s convinced that not only was she abducted by aliens but also has to become POTUS to stop them.

As per usual, Doctor Who Appreciation Night is a free event but you’ll need to hit the Westlakes box office for a free ticket to secure a spot. DWFU will also sell some “Doctor Who” goodies to write about in your journal of impossible things.

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